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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 100-B, Issue 2 | Pages 219 - 225
1 Feb 2018
Yoo JU McIver TC Hiratzka J Carlson H Carlson N Radoslovich SS Gernhart T Boshears E Kane MS

Aims

The aim of this study was to determine if positive Waddell signs were related to patients’ demographics or to perception of their quality of life.

Patients and Methods

This prospective cross-sectional study included 479 adult patients with back pain from a university spine centre. Each completed SF-12 and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaires and underwent standard spinal examinations to elicit Waddell signs. The relationship between Waddell signs and age, gender, ODI, Mental Component Score (MCS), and Physical Component Score (PCS) scores was determined.